Yerka - Kitchen Confessional

Between Heaven and Hell, 1989 by Jacek Yerka

Kitchen Confessional

©2013 Susan Noyes Anderson

My kitchen is perched between heaven and hell,

but it leans in the latter direction.

The dishes I'm cooking are don't ask, don't tell

with abstaining the only protection.

The oven yawns open, though it's on the blink,

as it waits for my latest disaster.

I ought to just chuck the whole thing in the sink

and dispose of the mess that much faster.

But no, I must bake it. The urge is that strong.

Can food go from infern- to supernal?

I'll add Pepto Bismol for luck (am I wrong?)

with a sprinkle of hope springs eternal.

  Others, of course, were not so lucky...

;)

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